Usually, people opt for the latter one, gliding through a couple of states comprising 3,000 km toward Cairns, a route that quickly informs them why it is so admired. People flying to other parts of the world or domestically, should reach a bit earlier to acquire an observer seat besides window to witness the spectacular panorama of luxuriant jade topography, protracted ashen beaches, and turquoise seas spotted with pasty islands. However, from the clouds, you could just see the superfluous panorama of the Great Barrier Reef and envisage the vista, prowling world, and the adventure found below the water.

North to South

It’s definitely not mandatory to move from north to south, but usually people opt for a south directing voyage. Before initiating the stunning expedition, it’s wise to check the local weather and predictions. People there believe the sky is clear throughout the year. However, frequent rainfall in northern part is quite common. You can expect a moderate, occasional downpour in New South Wales throughout the year and the temperature in summer months of December to February can range from 25-40°C. Scores of people travel to this part of the world to celebrate Christmas barbecuing across the panoramic Sydney or enjoy an Antipodean Christmas.

Avoid traveling through Queensland in the months amid January and March because heaving downpour in this region can flood the freeways and entice the storms. April to September is quite arid and ideal to take a tour. There are numerous place to visit, adventures to endeavor, and things to do while traveling through eastern coast of Australia. However, attending and exploring and everything along the coast will take approximately a year and quite a fortune to conclude. Let’s keep it short, but not simple and start the journey.

Avoid spending hours in the beeline at Baron Bay, if you don’t have much time. Instead, try to spot delightful koalas at Port Macquarie or try scuba diving at Coffs Harbor if you are a beginner. You could also become a certified diver by attending the PADI diving course. There are several tranquil beaches and copious swarming ones. Surfers can practice at the lonely Lennox Head or Crescent Head before sailing on the waves of crammed full Byron.

With placid ambiance and gorgeous panoramas, Byron is a place away for the clatter of city life. Professional surfers can test their skills, while board virgins can practice tackling the waves at any of the professional surfing schools located near the shore.

Receive a warm welcome by the sporadic theme parks of Gold Coast, ostentatious resorts, and lofty skyscrapers in Queensland, a place where azure beaches seems never ending and unmatched nightlife. Check out Surfers Paradise where you can drink till you faint in the club opened full night, or opt to take a short drive till the McPherson Range, where elegant waterfalls and fabulous scenic walks will occupy most of the memory space of your digital camera.

Driving along the east coast of Australia is never easy due to the number of people traveling every year. For a quick drive and comprehensive view of the coats, drive on the Bruce and the Pacific Highway that connects major part of the coast. Other roads in Australia can be quite misleading for tourists. A native may frivolously inform you that Airlile Beach is just a mile away from Brisbane, which is actually a day’s drive away. So keep a map handy. However, many tourists don’t want to drive the long and confusing paths, hence they opt to travel through Greyhound bus, which is cheap, comfortable, and in good frequency.

Pushing the River Brisbane away from the coast, the city of Brisbane, capital of Queensland, is a vivacious, unperturbed city with melodious music and ancient artifacts. If here, check out the Fortitude Valley where people wander around the cafes and market during the day and search out for clubs and bars after the dusk.

For those who find it a daunting idea to visit a foreign location, opt for guided a tour that helps you to explore the east coast of Australia. Oz Experience is considered the best tour operator among all. It will also help you to meet new people and interact with them.

From demure to inconceivable, Australia’s east coast offers a wide assortment of activities that you would have never thought of, while sitting home. You can classify Byron as a gateway to a numerous other paradises of Surfers Paradise, Fraser Island, Brisbane, Airlie Beach, Cattle Station, Magnetic Island, and my favorite Cairns. Favorite because I tried sky diving from a height of 14050 feet first time, bungee jumping (52 meters), white water rafting in the rapid torrents of Tully River, and a bit simpler among these, scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef.

Wildlife

Before you laze off with the wealthy and gorgeous on the sunshine Coast, divert toward the Glass Mountains that takes you through the bequest of Steve Irwin, also known as the ‘Crocodile Hunter’. Met the gigantic Australian crocs and feed them raw meat while you walk through the Australian Zoo and watch some of the weirdest animals of this continent.

The variety of animals witnessed in Australian Zoo is a minor replica of the world beyond. Try to locate a snuggling koala in the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary or watch the sluggish moments of the creatures at a turtle rookery in Bundaberg, where hikers, along with their group of expeditors, head toward the moon-drenched coasts to watch petite turtles struggling to move toward the waves during the months of November to March. Fall in love with the graceful moments of the dolphins hopping in the azure, shallow water of Great Barrier Reef. Or check out the not-so-commonly found humpback whales swimming in Herveys Bay amid July and October.

A sight of thousands of visitors disembarking in its coasts from Hervey Bay and Rainbow Beach every morning is wordlessly observed by the Fraser Island. It knows the raison d’être. The water of this island is filled with untamed dingoes and sharks, the land here is a panoramic mural of the dawn, where every morning Lake Mackenzie gives birth to a sun that changes tints of water and itself.

To the center of east coast is Bundaberg, a place popular among fruit pickers and known for Bundi and coke, renowned rum in Australia. Many tourists steeping on the Australian land to earn while vacationing are involved in fruit picking jobs. Bundaberg is the hub for such jobs, along with many training institutes and hostels for tourists. People come here on one year Visa that permits you to work and visit Australia. Most of these people are settled in Bundaberg and their aim is to earn a substantial amount in the initial 6 months, so they can visit places in Australia for remaining months.

The tropic

As you cross the tropic of Capricorn, get ready to discover a new façade of unseen Australia. The Great Keppel Island near Rockhampton serves as a gateway to the dazzling Great Barrier Reef. Before you enter the adventurous and panoramic landscapes of Cairns and Airlie Beach, check out the town of 1770 and the Agnes Water, still quite far from the spark of development. Spend some time surfing, fishing, swimming, and barbecuing and move on to mix with the outdoor lifestyle of northern Queensland. Finding accommodation on the east coast of Australia is the easiest task as it offers exquisite inns, party hostels, amazing campsites, and tranquil bed and breakfasts.

You can get glimpses of the elegant Whitsunday Islands, famous location among celebrities, from Airlie Beach. While families head toward the charming South Molle, you can opt to experience the exquisiteness of the five-star hotels in Hamilton Island.

With more than 70 islands to discover, you can opt for a marine tour. There is plethora of boats, huge ships, and racing yachts, that can serve the purpose. If you are a proficient sailor, you can hire a private ship or yacht to travel around the picturesque islands. After finding contentment here, drive a 12-hour route through the gradually changing atmosphere which unhurriedly transforms in to a tropical one, toward Cairns. Spend a night in Townsville to experience the wild nocturnal parties here and take a short ferry trip to neighboring, marvelous Magnetic Island, also known as ‘Maggie’. It’s time for some courageous adventure when you reach Mission Beach. Fly high on a plane and after several futile attempts dive down to reach the picturesque beach with the help of a bright parachute.

A feel of enthrallment enters you body as soon as you inhale the audacious aroma of Cairns. It is a flourishing tourist location with several inexpensive and jovial bars, ritzy inns offering tremendous views of the azure ocean, elegant restaurants, and cozy cafes fit to relax. Great Barrier Reef can also be reached from Cairns, for those you have missed it earlier.

East coast of Australia is admired for many reasons; reasons enough to attract people from all parts of the world.

The gorgeous terrain of Cairns is not only loaded with green landscapes and the Great Barrier Reef, but also is known around the world for its rocking nightlife and various staggering adventures like sky diving, bungee jumping, and whitewater rafting. With so much to offer especially for tourists, no man enters this land uncertain about activities to be done and kill time in Cairns.

Let’s have a look at the top ten things you could possibly do in Cairns

1.White Water Rafting

You don’t have to search around for a river that can furnish you with ideal conditions for white water rafting firstly because the Barron, Russell, and Tully River is quite famous there for river rafting. Secondly, the tour operators offering river rafting (the famous ones are RnR Rafting, Foaming Fury, and Raging Thunder) will directly take you to these rivers. These rivers flaunt about its class 5 torrents and the conditions are never same because of change in flow of flood water, abundant rainfall, and its reliability on season. However, the conditions always favor rafting.

2.Check out the Daintree Rainforest

The biggest uninterrupted expanse of rainforest in Australia, Daintree National Park is a conservation of luxuriant tropical forest region in northern Cairns. This national park is a vast expanse of 1200 sq kilometers is registered in the list World Heritage site and along with rainforests it also conserves an assorted wildlife including rare frogs, vivid birds, marsupials, and some aquatic creatures.

Being the oldest tropical forest of our planet, Daintree Forest region is approximately 140 million years old which is a home to over 450 species of birds; 13 amongst them are seen in no other parts of the world. It’s not necessary to join a tour group or hire a guide to explore the sites of this forest. You can do it on your own. However, if you need to know the history of every tree and birds, it’s wise to join a tour

3.The pleasure of snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef

Hire a boat or join a chartered tour from Cairns that will help you reach the Great Barrier Reef, an ideal place for snorkeling or diving in the turquoise water. There are many firms offering enormous types of chartered tours and snorkeling groups. Opt for a daytime tour or snorkel overnight by paying a minimum amount of $100.

Diving is a pleasurable activity and it requires a certificate to dive in the waters of Great Barrier Reef. However, don’t fret if you don’t have one. Pro Dive Cairns offers a few days training and a certificate which can help you achieve your pleasure dream. And this certificate is not bound to the geographical area of Great Barrier Reef. It can be used outside the reef as well. And don’t bother about the ecology while you dive in the water. I am sure you won’t damage any because Pro Dive is an Ecotourism rated institution.

4.Walking through the Aboriginal route

While I was in Cairns searching for some wild adventures, I met an Aboriginal man named Lin and luckily he was a tour leader who guided people and informed them about the Aboriginal history and culture. Being a part of this unforgotten culture, he narrated stories of his ancestors and their survival on the northern coast of Queensland. He took me (along with some other tourists) to a walkway hat exhibited vivid orchards and farmlands that were dozens of centuries old.

Walking on this pathway is a gratifying experience with sights of houses and ranches influenced by the aboriginal culture. These ranches on northern Queensland are filled with enriching vegetation and domestic animals.

5.How about Sky Diving

Out of the total number of visitors arriving every year in Cairns, around 50 percent of them is allured by the famous sport of skydiving. There are numerous tour providers around and far away from Cairns that offer tandem dives for beginners and high dives for professionals at a reasonable fee. However, people are attracted to Cairns because of its magnificent beach landings and dazzling panorama from the top.

Undoubtedly, it not one of the very economical or cheap adventures. However, it’s a once in a lifespan activity, so I didn’t bother much about the money. I wasn’t much keen about jumping off a plane until I saw the exceptional panorama of beaches and vegetation spread below. The experience of powerful breeze brushing the edges of my skin, falling down at a pace more than of a bullet train, and a thirst to reach the beautiful earth below is and always be a wonderful remembrance. You can easily spot the expanse of Daintree Forest and the blotch of Great Barrier Reef.

The price ranges from $220 to $300 depending on the height of the dive you prefer.

6.How wild can you get in Woolshed?

Much before I decided to choose Cairns as my vacationing spot, I had heard about the parties held in Woolshed Bar. This is tavern famous around Queensland. Due to its delectable fare and economical cost, it allures thousands of backpackers every day looking to devour before starting another tour or night adventure.

It is not possible to enter the bar after 8 pm, because international tourists and few natives occupy all the untenanted seats. This crowd doesn’t gather just to taste the scrumptious food offered by Woolshed. What allures guests here is the huge dance party, hopping on the table, drenched t-shirt competition, and many such unclean activities. I went in to watch the crowd coming to this tavern because some one informed me that Woolshed Bar is also known as ‘sex on a stick’. And let me tell you, the tagline is very much of an accurate definition.

7.Assortment offered by Mission Beach

Closest to the Great Barrier Reef, Mission Beach is a 14-kilometer protracted, immaculate beach with pallid, squashy sand. You can witness the panoramas of Bedarra, Dunk, and many other islands positioned offshore. The number of people visiting this beach for adventures like kayaking, surfing, and scuba diving exceeds marginally the number of visitors lounging on the sand under scorching heat.

If you hire a car from Cairns, a hour’s drive will get you to Mission Beach.

8.Attempt Bungee Jumping

One of the reasons why people are attracted to Cairns is the frequent adventure of Bungee Jumping. Cairns can be termed as a bungee jumping hub because the first bungee jumper (pioneer), AJ Hackett is bungee jumping provider here. For those who don’t know much about Aj, he is the guy who jumped off the Eiffel Tower and was in detention for several months due to this idiocy done in 1987. His weird experience is now a big business and world’s first and the only bungee jumping destination that offers 16 styles to do so. The cost of bungee jumping starts from $125 AUD.

9.The high hot air balloon from Atherton Tablelands

Driving through the quaint tableland situated in the tropical coastline of Queensland, halt near the best hot air ballooning destination of Australia, Atherton. Aboard the balloon that will take you to the other part of the city with an exquisite breakfast and a champagne bottle. The tour will cost you around $220 AUD.

The balloon starts soaring from the terrain of Mareeba on the Atherton Tablelands. You can witness the vivid shades of Australian dawn from the clouds and inhale the unsullied air.

A voyage through the terrain of Cairns is indeed a gratifying experience that can never be repeated unless you revisit this location again.

10.Monsters of Johnston River Croc Farm

After I spent 2 weeks in Australia, I realized kangaroo’s are not much exhilarating or exotic creatures for them due to the superfluity.

However, I enjoyed every second glaring at the hopping animals. Surprisingly, the natives love watching the dreading crocodiles at Johnston River Croc Farm which is established at the southwestern tip of Cairns. Here, you can feed the croc make friends with them, and even grab a baby (of course with its mouth taped).